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Humboldt County hears state budget agreement and warnings about federal reconciliation cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Summary
County staff and outside lobbyists briefed supervisors on a fresh state budget agreement, statewide program funding prospects including cap-and-trade and HAP, and potential federal budget-reconciliation cuts that could reduce Medi-Cal and CalFresh benefits and increase local costs.
Humboldt County supervisors received a state- and federal-legislative briefing during the June 9 budget hearing that outlined a newly reported state budget agreement and flagged possible federal actions that could significantly affect county services.
Sean Quincy, deputy CAO, introduced the legislative update and said the briefing would help inform the county's budget deliberations. Karen Ling, the county's state legislative consultant, told the board the two houses had reached a budget agreement summary on the weekend prior to the hearing and that those documents would be finalized before the constitutionally required June 15 transmittal to the governor. Ling noted the legislature had agreed to a $750 million loan authorization for transit agencies (down from larger requests) and a $500 million appropriation for the Homelessness Action Plan (HAP), which is less than local governments had requested.
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